It’s stink bug season in Kentucky. Share your tips to get rid of them in this survey
You may have spotted them creeping through your windows or crawling through the cracks in your door — those familiar stink bugs that seem to invade your home when the seasons change.
The brown marmorated stink bug is an invasive species in the U.S. known to emit an acrid odor when it feels threatened.
When the days grow shorter and temperatures cooler, it and other insects squeeze themselves into your home through every kind of crack and crevice.
University of Kentucky entomologist Jonathan Larson previously told the Herald-Leader that stink bugs think of our homes as “sort of a deluxe, heated pile of rocks,” to shelter and wait out the winter in.
The Herald-Leader wants to hear from you: Where are you finding stink bugs? Do you have any non-toxic and reliable ways to deal with them? Complete the survey below, and we’ll use your responses for a future story. This poll is not scientific; it’s just for fun.
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